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VMware Workstation 8.0.3 release with Ubuntu 12.04 support
Published on 9 May, 2012 at 3:59 in Desktop Virtualization | Viewed 413 views times | No Comments
A new release of VMware Workstation 8.0.3 adds support for Ubuntu 12.04 There has been a quiet release of VMware Workstation few days back which escaped of my radar a bit since I was at vacations. This is another maintenance release only with very few new features (only one listed) and some bug fixes as
Use VMware Workstation 8 as a server with shared VMs and autostart
Published on 24 Apr, 2012 at 4:02 in Desktop Virtualization | Viewed 333 views times | No Comments
Use Autostart, permissions and shared VMs with VMware Workstation 8 video. In this video from VMware KB you’ll be able to see that with VMware Worstation 8 is now possible to configure shared VMs which are accessible through the LAN and also the possibility to manage permissions who can access those VMs. Additionally, it’s possible
End of support for Windows XP in less than 2 years
Published on 11 Apr, 2012 at 3:09 in Desktop Virtualization | Viewed 165 views times | No Comments
The End of support of Windows XP has been reminded (again) by Microsoft. Windows XP is still very popular as an Operating System. Apparently there is still over 30% of Worldwide users running XP at home or at the entreprise level. Yesterday, Microsoft reminded that the 2 year’s countdown for Windows XP, but also Office
VMware View 5 outpeforms Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 in this independent study
Published on 20 Mar, 2012 at 12:26 in Desktop Virtualization | Viewed 1,025 views times | 6 Comments
VMware View 5 vs Citrix XenDesktop 5.5 – which one performs better? In this Independent study performed by Principled Technologies, LoginVSI was used to test and benchmark the two different VDI solutions. VMware View 5 and Citrix XenDesktop 5.5. You can download and test LoginVSI yourself, there is an “Express” Version of the software too. In this study
VMware Workstation 8.0.2 released
Published on 1 Mar, 2012 at 16:25 in Desktop Virtualization | Viewed 648 views times | No Comments
VMware Workstaion 8.0.2 has been released. First of all, VMware Workstation, since it’s version 8, it changed in many ways our working habits and scenarious. You can read my detailed post which describes all those new features here: VMware Workstation 8 new features detailed. Or you can have a look at this workarround and run “Nested”
Antivirus Best Practices for VMware View 5 whitepaper
Published on 8 Feb, 2012 at 4:44 in Desktop Virtualization | Viewed 875 views times | No Comments
There is new best practices whitepaper concerning the Best practices in VMware View 5 environments. In this Whitepaper you’ll be able to read and see the inconveniences and problems which are known when using traditional AV software in VDI environments. If you know how the traditional AV software behaves, you might want to avoid troubles before you
VMware View 5 New Training Course released by Trainsignal
Published on 27 Jan, 2012 at 9:14 in Desktop Virtualization | Viewed 1,183 views times | No Comments
New Training for VMware View 5 by Trainsignal. After VMware Education official trainiNewng, other, self paced training courses starting to appear. Like the new training done by Trainsignal. As an Instructors – Brian Knudston and Lane Leverett. You might know Brian Knudston already since I’ve done a full review of the View 4.6 training course on
Flash VDI Calculator 2.7 released
Published on 18 Jan, 2012 at 4:49 in Desktop Virtualization | Viewed 1,248 views times | No Comments
New update of Free Flash VDI Calculator – v 2.7 brigs new features. New update to the free tool by Andre Leibovici. Flash VDI calculator is an online tool (in Flash interface) to help you size your VDI projects. The tool is part of my Free Tools page here. Have a look at the online
How to Install Android in VMware Workstation 8
Published on 2 Jan, 2012 at 5:54 in Desktop Virtualization, How To | Viewed 8,325 views times | 6 Comments
How to install latest Android in VMware Workstation 8 VMware Workstation 8 gives you the possibility to test multiple systems without installing a multiboot solution on your physical computer (server) and learn easily without breaking up your underlying system. But you still have the possibility to access to the files located on you physical machine
